Bono acquired a 1.5 percent stake in Facebook in 2010. Now, that small percentage is estimated to be worth nearly $1 billion. The original working title of The Joshua Tree album was ‘The Two Americas’. In 2009 Adam Clayton’s former housekeeper and PA was convicted by a jury of 181 ...
But it was also because this crowd was a community. (RED) and ONE shirts were everywhere. Bono put on an FC Barcelona jersey ("Bono 1" on the back) "because they are the only team that, instead of advertising a brand, wears the UNICEF logo on their chests." And the coolest thing ...
LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 12: (L-R) Bono and Larry Mullen Jr. of the band U2 sit with David Guetta during the MTV EMAs 2017 held at The SSE Arena, Wembley on November 12, 2017 in London, England.|Getty Images|Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Personal life Larry Mullen Jr. ...
Who said it? Has to be @U2BROTHR - Mark Baker - who not only lit up the e-stage with his glitter ball hat, but also U2 social media land. It was Marks' life long dream to be pulled up onstage by Bono and for Mysterious Ways and Elevation - tonight's Meerkat moment - the dream...
Bono sings it best in this amazing song by U2. “Intransigence is all around” What is intransigence? The inability to change one’s views or come to agreement. That’s us, my friends. Watch the news on any given night. We are divided oneverything!!TOTALLY!
CD-NET Collectormania Flood Wire (U2 mailing list) and U2BONO ON BOOTLEGS:“The only thing that can piss you off is if people are charging a lot of money for something that isn’t very good. It [the Achtung Baby working tapes] got bootlegged in Berlin and it was just like having you...
U2 — fronted by Bono, lead guitarist the Edge, bassist Adam Clayton and drummer Larry Mullen Jr. — was formed in 1976 out of Dublin, Ireland, and has released 14 studio albums. The frequently political band has sold more than 170 million records worldwide, taking home a record 22 Grammy...
To create “Ordinary Love,” U2 characteristically obsessed and tinkered and faltered. “We had three or four goes at it to get it right,” Bono says. “The lyrics changed course for me after reading his love letters to Winnie. Maybe the reason they asked us was to do a kind of ‘...
A Rainy Day in Soho came over the PA Larry Mullen walked down to the drum-kit set up on the Joshua Tree shaped B-stage. It took me back to the War album (and the first U2 song I ever heard), the drums of Sunday Bloody Sunday filling the air as Bono, The Edge and Adam Clayton...
If the series explores the formation and history of U2, then there is close to five decades’ worth of material to draw from. Bono (Paul David Hewson), the Edge (David Howell Evans), Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr. formed the band in 1976. From humble beginnings in Dublin, the Iri...